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The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
4.0

4.5 stars

The reading experience reminds me of Alain Resnais' film Last Year at Marienbad, timeless, hypnotic and defies logic.

The Unenclosed is an intentionally unbreakable literary puzzle; some readers might be frustrated by its narrative fickleness and the absence of an identifiable end goal, but Kazuo Ishiguro's quietly stylish writing and the 'stumbled-upon' discussions on talent, fame and human nature ensure there are plenty of relatable substance worth savoring under its sliding dreamscape.